[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 80 (Tuesday, April 27, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22165-22166]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-9706]
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MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Publication of Open Government Directive
AGENCY: U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board.
ACTION: NOTICE: Solicitation of public comment.
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SUMMARY: On April 7, 2010, the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board
(MSPB or Board) published MSPB's Open Government Plan pursuant to
direction set forth in President Obama's January 21, 2009, Memorandum
on Transparency and Open Government, and the Office of Management and
Budget's (OMB) December 8, 2009, Open Government Directive. The MSPB is
hereby requesting public comment on MSPB's Open Government Plan.
DATES: Submit comments concerning the MSPB Open Government Plan by May
27, 2010 to ensure prompt consideration by MSPB's Open Government
Working Group. Comments received after May 27, 2010 will also be
provided to MSPB's Open Government Working Group.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to William D. Spencer, Clerk of the
Board, Merit Systems Protection Board, 1615 M Street, NW., Washington,
DC 20419, or e-mailed to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William D. Spencer, Clerk of the
Board, Merit Systems Protection Board, 1615 M Street, NW., Washington,
DC 20419.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 21, 2009, President Obama issued
a memorandum titled ``Transparency and Open Government'' (Presidential
Memorandum). The Presidential Memorandum set forth the administration's
commitment to creating an unprecedented level of openness in government
built upon three principles: (1) Transparency--the government should
provide the public with information about its activities; (2)
Participation--the government should provide the public with the
opportunity to participate in policy-making; and (3) Collaboration--
departments and agencies should collaborate with all levels of
government, nonprofit entities, businesses, and the public. The
Presidential Memorandum is available on the Internet at http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Transparency_and_Open_. The
Presidential Memorandum also ordered the Director of OMB to issue an
Open Government Directive (Directive) instructing executive departments
and agencies to take specific actions to
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implement the principles outlined in the Presidential Memorandum.
On December 8, 2009, OMB issued the Directive. The Directive
requires agencies to take four specific actions within set time
periods. The four specific actions are: (1) Publication of three high-
value data sets; (2) designation of a senior agency official to be
accountable for all publicly disseminated Federal spending information;
(3) creation of an Open Government Web page; and (4) development and
publication of an Open Government Plan. The Directive is available on
the Internet at http://www.whitehouse.gov/open/documents/open-government-directive. An agency's Open Government Plan, according to
the Directive, ``is the public roadmap that details how [the] agency
will incorporate the principles of the President's January 21, 2009,
Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government into the core mission
objectives of [the] agency.'' Open Government Plans are to set forth
how each agency plans to improve transparency, public participation,
and collaboration. Open Government Plans are also required to describe
at least one ``flagship initiative'' the agency is already implementing
or will implement to improve transparency, public participation, or
collaboration.
MSPB's Open Government Plan was published on April 7, 2010, and is
available on MSPB's open government Web page at http://www.mspb.gov/open/index.htm. The MSPB hereby invites comments on MSPB's Open
Government Plan, suggestions concerning how MSPB can improve openness
in government through greater transparency, participation and
collaboration, and suggestions concerning the high value data and other
information the public would like MSPB to disclose.
Dated: April 22, 2010.
William D. Spencer,
Clerk of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2010-9706 Filed 4-26-10; 8:45 am]
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